Employment
Since June 2023, Research Fellow, Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Educazione "Giovanni Maria Bertin", Universitá di Bologna
2022-ongoing: Adjunct professor of English language Dipartimento di Scienze Dell'Educazione, Universitá di Bologna
2019-2021, Visiting Research Fellow, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin.
2018-2021: Occasional lecturer in language studies Froebel Department of Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University
2019-2020: Assistant Professor in Linguistics (part-time) School of Communications and Media, University of Ulster, Jordanstown
2015-2019: Assistant Professor in Clinical Speech and Language Studies (part-time) Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College Dublin
2012-2015: Assistant Professor in language acquisition and bilingualism (full-time) Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics, University of Reading
2010-2012: Teaching Fellow in language acquisition and bilingualism (full-time) Department of English Language & Applied Linguistics, University of Reading
2005-2006: Occasional lecturer in Italian studies Department of Languages and Literatures, University College Dublin
Education
2014 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) Centre for the Development of Teaching and Learning, University of Reading, UK.
2011 PhD in linguistics School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies, Dublin City University, Ireland
2006 Masters of Philosophy (MPhil) in Applied Linguistics Centre for Language and Communication Studies, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
2004 BA in Studi linguistici e filologici, Facoltá di Lettere e Filosofia, Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Professional training
2022 Certificate in language training for early childhood educators, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Educazione Giovanni Maria Bertin, Alma Mater Studiorum, Bologna.
2018 Summer School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice, Create, National Development Agency for collaborative arts.
2008 GLOW Summer School, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 LOT Linguistics Summer School, Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
2003 Diploma DILIT in teaching Italian to L2 learners, International School, Rome, Italy
Titles and awards
2021 Winner of the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Awards for the Mother Tongues project
2018 Winner of European Language Label Award for the Mother Tongues project
2014 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK)
Conference presentations
Masoni, L. and La Morgia, F. 2023. Shifting from a monolingual to a plurilingual mindset: the case of early childhood settings in Emilia Romagna. IRAAL Conference, 18 Nov. 2023, Maynooth University.
La Morgia, F. And Kerrins, L. 2023. Exploring identity and belonging through a plurilingual arts-based approach in early years settings. Bilingualism Matters Symposium, University of South Carolina, USA, 21st October 2023.
La Morgia, F. 2023. The Role of Linguistic Theory in Heritage Language Teaching. Perspectives on Home, Heritage and Community Languages, Uppsala Universitet. 19-20 October 2023.
La Morgia, F. 2022. The experience of mothers raising children across cultures. Motherhood and Activism. School of Creative Arts and Industries, Canterbury Christ Church University, 8th June 2022.
La Morgia, F. 2016. The acquisition of Italian in a majority and a heritage context. An analysis of the CDI scores of simultaneous bilingual toddlers. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Dublin, 21-25 August 2016.
La Morgia, F. and Billington, J. 2015. Can heritage language vocabulary size be predicted by language exposure measures? International Symposium on Bilingualism, New Brunswick, NJ, May 2015.
La Morgia, F. 2014. The value of multilingualism: views from new speakers of English. 2nd International Symposium “New speakers in a multilingual Europe: opportunities and challenges”, 1st Whole Action Conference of the European Network on New Speakers in a Multilingual Europe (ISCH COST Action IS1306), 20-22 November 2014.
La Morgia, F. 2012. The effects of input and interaction on early 2L1 acquisition. A longitudinal case study. Dynamique du langage, Lyon, 5-7 December 2012.
La Morgia, F. 2012. Production and comprehension in 2L1 development: a longitudinal study of parent-child interaction. International conference on bilingual and multilingual interaction, University of Bangor, 30 March-1 April 2012.
La Morgia, F. 2011. Input and dominance in 2L1 acquisition. International Symposium of Bilingualism 8. University of Oslo, 15-18 June.
La Morgia, F. 2011. The effects of the input on the acquisition and maintenance of a heritage language. Second Westminster linguistics conference, University of Westminster, London 22-23 July.
La Morgia, F. 2011. Auxiliary selection in Eastern Abruzzese: a case of contact induced change. First international conference of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics, University of Ulster, Belfast 25-27 May.
La Morgia, F. and Guilfoyle, E. 2010. Input, dominance and interfaces in bilingual first language acquisition. Second Workshop of the Irish Network in Formal Linguistics, Dublin City University.
La Morgia, F. 2009. The role of the input in bilingual first language acquisition. The Child: Postgraduate Research Conference. First Annual Multi Disciplinary Initiative of the Research Forum for the Child. Queens University, Belfast, 2-3 June.
La Morgia, F. 2008. L’inversione del soggetto e la “weaker language hypothesis”. AitLa – Associazione Italiana di Linguistica Applicata. Malta, 22-23 February 2008.
La Morgia, F. 2008. Raising bilingual children in a monolingual society: problems and concerns. Children and Migration: identities, mobilities, and belonging(s). University College Cork. 9-11 April 2008.
